Lawyers, Laws & Taxes

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  U.S. Government Watchdog Agency Urges IRS To Intensify Efforts To Identify Offshore Tax Cheats.

  While you'd never know it reading recent headlines describing IRS targeting of conservative "Tea Party" type groups, a much larger IRS ...

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  Costa Rica Lawyers & Laws – What is the Civil Law system? With free video.

  The civil law system derives from the system of jurisprudence held and administered in the Roman Empire, which developed the idea of ...

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  Live Offshore and Earn Nearly $200,000 Annually, Tax-Free

  The United States is one of the very few countries, and the only major country, that taxes its citizens or permanent residents, no matter ...

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  Teaching English in Costa Rica. What they should tell you but do not and how it could get you deported!

  An ex-pat found to be working in such a circumstance without a valid Work Permit, would be subject to deportation by the Immigration ...

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  Security & Crime in Costa Rica. Free video with Attorney Rick Philps.

  The Costa Rican Criminal Code and Justice System rely heavily on rehabilitation and as such is light on punishment. There is no law that ...

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  Expats Doing Business or Working in Costa Rica With Free Video With Attorney Rick Philps. The most important things you must know or you will be doomed from the start…

  Current trends indicate, that much more than previously, would-be immigrants to Costa Rica are coming from a much younger age group, well ...

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  Fractional Reserve Banking: It’s Not Your Money… You Only Think It Is!

  In the aftermath of the forced confiscation of bank accounts in Cyprus, the question that clients ask me most is, "could it happen here?" ...

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  Costa Rica Residency Categories Explained. Free Video With Attorney Rick Philps

  The two most prevalent Temporary Categories of Residency applied for by foreigners being "Pensionado" and "Rentista", remain very ...

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  A Canadian Perspective on Buying Costa Rica Real Estate by Canadian/Costa Rican Attorney Rick Philps

  Canadians have a distinct tax advantage over their American cousins, in not having to declare their world income to Canada Customs and ...

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  Tax Obligations And Tax Breaks For U.S. Citizens & Residents Living Abroad

  Now that the U.S. tax season is well under way, tax preparers all over the country are doling out appointments to those that live within ...

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